

Sports Business Radio Podcast
Brian Berger
Sports Business Radio focuses on the issues and people directly impacting the world of sports business. Guests on the show offering an insider's perspective include pro sports league executives, agents, college athletics administrators, sports apparel company reps, ad agency executives, media executives & athletes. Follow us on: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
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Apr 24, 2010 • 48min
SBR 24 Apr 2010
We break down the economics of the NFL Draft with Yahoo! Sports NFL reporter Charles Robinson. Brian sounds off about the NBA's long, drawn out playoff schedule. And we bring you the headlines of the week including the NCAA's huge new broadcast rights deal with CBS/Turner.
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Apr 17, 2010 • 48min
SBR 17 Apr 2010
We recap the latest edition of The Masters - including the TV ratings, the endorsement portfolio for 2010 champ Phil Mickelson and the return to golf for Tiger Woods. We also look at what the Pittsburgh Steelers are doing to deal with the off the field problems of two of their most high profile players.
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Apr 10, 2010 • 49min
SBR 10 Apr 2010
We preview The Masters, discuss Tiger Woods' first press conference since his November car crash and give you the final numbers on the NCAA Basketball championships on this week's edition of Sports Business Radio. Follow us on Twitter @SBRadio
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Apr 3, 2010 • 48min
SBR 03 Apr 2010
We preview the upcoming MLB season's top sports business storylines with Maury Brown from the Bizofbaseball.com. We also discuss the potential expansion of the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams.
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Mar 27, 2010 • 48min
SBR 27 Mar 2010
The Best of Sports Business Radio. We look back on interviews with Mickey Loomis, Executive VP and GM of the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and with sports agent David Falk, who served as the agent for Michael Jordan.
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Mar 20, 2010 • 50min
SBR 20 Mar 2010
Greg Shaheen, NCAA Senior VP for Basketball and Business Strategies, the Czar of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, better known as March Madness, joins us for our annual conversation with him to discuss the big business around one of the premiere sports properties in the world. We also go to Augusta to get an insider's look at the business in and around Augusta National - site of The Masters with Augusta resident Jeremy Jiunnies.
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Mar 13, 2010 • 48min
SBR 13 Mar 2010
Ric Bucher, ESPN's NBA Insider joins us to preview the summer free agent market that includes the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. We also discuss the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. Paul Swangard, Managing Director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon stops by to discuss what Tiger Woods' brand could look like going forward as well as the possibility of the NCAA Tournament expanding its field.
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Mar 6, 2010 • 1h 25min
The Life and Death of Loyola Marymount hoops star Hank Gathers
Looking back at the 1989-90 Loyola Marymount men's basketball team on the 20th anniversary of the death of LMU hoops star Hank Gathers. Brian Berger is joined by his LMU basketball broadcast partner Keith Forman for the show. Berger catches up with Bo Kimble, Jeff Fryer, Tom Peabody, Terrell Lowery, Per Stumer, Marcellus Lee and Marcus Slater to get their thoughts on the magical 1989-90 season as well as find out that they've been doing for the past 20 years. Author Kyle Keiderling also joins Berger to discuss his new book "Heart of a Lion: The Life, Death and Legacy of Hank Gathers". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 2010 • 48min
SBR 27 Feb 2010
Mickey Loomis, Executive Vice President and GM for the New Orleans Saints joins us to discuss the moves that led to the franchise's first Super Bowl championship. We also discuss Tiger Woods' first appearance in front of a video camera in 78 days and weigh in with our thoughts on Tiger's PR strategies.
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Feb 20, 2010 • 48min
SBR 20 Feb 2010
John Ourand, Sports Media reporter for the Sports Business Daily/Journal joins us to discuss NBC's Winter Olympics coverage as well as update us on other developments in the world of sports media. Anne Peterson with the Associated Press joins us from Vancouver, British Columbia to give us all of the lowdown on the business side of the Winter Olympics.
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